Problem with Custom Aspects

[vpps]

Hi,

I'm somewhat new to Alfresco and have been familiarizing myself with the wiki, forum and Packt book.

Now I’m trying to create a custom aspect for which I’ve modified the following files in the alfresco/extension folder:
•   custom-model-context.xml
•   customModel.xml
•   and web-client-config-custom.xml

But on restarting the Alfresco server, when I try to create a business rule in the webclient UI, in the Create Rules Wizard – Set action values, I do not see the newly created custom aspect to set as a rule.

I tried the example-model-context.xml, exampleModel.xml and web-client-config-custom.xml, but it still did not work.

Could you suggest as to what the problem could be….

Thanks,
Padma

[priyanka_nayak]

Hi,
Sending you the codes where I have made changes.

custom-model-context.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC '-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN' 'http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd'>
 
<beans>

    <!– Registration of new models –>   
    <bean id="extension.dictionaryBootstrap" parent="dictionaryModelBootstrap" depends-on="dictionaryBootstrap">
        <property name="models">
            <list>
                <value>alfresco/extension/customModel.xml</value>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>
          
</beans>
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web-client-config-custom.xml

  <!– add blog types to teh add content list –> 
   <config evaluator="string-compare" condition="Action Wizards"> 
     <aspects>
         <aspect name="custom:CustomerDetails"/>
      </aspects>
   </config> 
   
    <config evaluator="aspect-name" condition="custom:CustomerDetails">
      <property-sheet>
      <separator name="sepCust1"  display-label="Customer Details"
       component-generator="HeaderSeparatorGenerator"/>
         <show-property name="custom:CustomerName"/>
         <show-property name="custom:CustomerContactName"/>
         <show-property name="custom:CustomerProjectID"/>
      </property-sheet>
   </config>
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customModel.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!– Custom Model –>
<!– Note: This model is pre-configured to load at startup of the Repository.  So, all custom –>
<!– types and aspects added here will automatically be registered –>

<model name="custom:customModel" xmlns="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0">

   <!– Optional meta-data about the model –>   
   <description>Custom Model</description>
   <author></author>
   <version>1.0</version>

   <imports>
        <!– Import Alfresco Dictionary Definitions –>
      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" prefix="d"/>
      <!– Import Alfresco Content Domain Model Definitions –>
      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0" prefix="cm"/>
   </imports>

   <!– Introduction of new namespaces defined by this model –>
   <!– NOTE: The following namespace custom.model should be changed to reflect your own namespace –>
   <!–namespaces>
      <namespace uri="http://www.google.com/model/content/1.0" prefix="custom"/>
      <!–namespace uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0" prefix="custom"/ –>
   <!–/namespaces–>



 <namespaces> 
   <namespace uri="wipro.custom.model" prefix="custom"/ > 
 </namespaces> 



   <!–aspects>
       <aspect name="custom:NewDetails">
         <properties>
           <property name="custom:MYNewDetails">
             <title>My New Details</title>
             <type>d:text</type>
           </property>
         </properties>
      </aspect>
   </aspects–>


<aspects>
       <aspect name="custom:CustomerDetails">
            <title>Customer Details</title>
            <properties>
                <property name="custom:CustomerName">
                    <title>Customer Name</title>
                    <type>d:text</type>
                </property>
                 <property name="custom:CustomerContactName">
                    <title>Customer Contact Name</title>
                    <type>d:text</type>
                </property>
                <property name="custom:CustomerProjectID">
                    <title>Customer Project ID</title>
                    <type>d:int</type>
                </property>
            </properties>
        </aspect>
</aspects>

</model>
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Plez reply bac…Its urgent..
Priyanka


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[dhalupa]

You did not close namespace tag properly, besides that I did not found anything wrong. Try pasting model below..

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!– Custom Model –>
<!– Note: This model is pre-configured to load at startup of the Repository.  So, all custom –>
<!– types and aspects added here will automatically be registered –>

<model name="custom:customModel" xmlns="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0">

   <!– Optional meta-data about the model –>
   <description>Custom Model</description>
   <author></author>
   <version>1.0</version>

   <imports>
      <!– Import Alfresco Dictionary Definitions –>
      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/dictionary/1.0" prefix="d" />
      <!– Import Alfresco Content Domain Model Definitions –>
      <import uri="http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0" prefix="cm" />
   </imports>

   <namespaces>
      <namespace uri="wipro.custom.model" prefix="custom" />
   </namespaces>

   <aspects>
      <aspect name="custom:CustomerDetails">
         <title>Customer Details</title>
         <properties>
            <property name="custom:CustomerName">
               <title>Customer Name</title>
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="custom:CustomerContactName">
               <title>Customer Contact Name</title>
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
            <property name="custom:CustomerProjectID">
               <title>Customer Project ID</title>
               <type>d:int</type>
            </property>
         </properties>
      </aspect>
   </aspects>

</model>
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[priyanka_nayak]

no its still not working…can you just tell me whether there are any other files other than the three where the changes are to be made..

[fhomasp]

If I'm not mistaken you'll need to define a model first and then the aspect.  I declared the model after the namespace declaration and I enclosed the model in the <types> modelstuff</types> tags.

<types>
   
      <!– Definition of new Content Type: Real CV –>
      <type name="rls:cv">
         <title>Real CV</title>
         <parent>cm:content</parent>
         <properties>
            <property name="rls:name">
               <type>d:text</type>
            </property>
         </properties>
         <mandatory-aspects>
            <aspect>cm:versionable</aspect>
            <aspect>rls:locatable</aspect>            
         </mandatory-aspects>
      </type>
      
</types>

<!–aspect definitions go here–>
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I don't think you need mandatory aspects, but you need a type defined between the types tag.

Hope it helps

[priyanka_nayak]

Hi everybody,

Thanks a lot for ur prompt replies…
it helped alot…
Can anybody tell me how to add a drop-down box as a aspect…

Priyanka

[ajs]

I have the same problem than priyanka.nayak. I have made the same changes… and modifications… but still have the same problem